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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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